Ash tray and receiver



April 22, 1930. 5,5, LOCKE 1,755,741

ASH TRAY AND RECEIVER Filed Dec. 24, 1927 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 22, 1930 PATEN sirLv NUs 1311 001111, orBRIDGEBORTI, oonrrncrionr- .ASH TRAY AND RECEIVER-e Application filedDecember 24, 1927.; SeriaINo. 2, 12,374.,

This invention relates to a novel ashtray and r-ecelver, and the generalobject of the invention is to provide an ash tray and receiverdetachably associated with each other 5' in's'uch manner that the traycan be rotatable others'which will appear as-the specificationproceeds," the inventioncomprises the 5 c011 upon the receiver to becapable of swinging between a closed, smoke-tight positionand a wideopen position, but can be removed from said receiver only. when in openposition. I i A more specific object is toprovidean ash tray andreceiver having complemental means upon the tray .and receiver forrotatably and detachably mountingsaid'tray on said receiver so, that thetrayfcan be swung uponthe receiver between a closed and an open posi*tion, and said mounting-means for said tray will be adaptedto precluderemoval of the tray from the receiver when in closed position,upon'said'receiver p A'further, specific object-is to provide an ashtray and receiver moreles'pecially adapted for use. inautomotivevehicles, which ash tray and receiver will include complemental meansfor rotatably and detachably mounting said tray. on said receiverlsothatthe tray can be swung upon the receiver between anormally-closedposition and an open position, and saidimounting means for said traywill be adapted to preclude removal of the tray. from the.receiverexcept when the tray is intentionally moved to open'positionj,whereby. to precli'ide'the accidental removal of said tray from saidreceiver (as, for example, by reason of shocks imparted to theautomotiveve-- hicle) when in its normally closedposition.

And still further specific object of the invention is to provide'fin thedevicean arrangement for 'mountingthe rotatable and detachable tray inthe receiver in such manner that when said tray is swu ng' to wide openQ open mouth 15 about which a skirt l6'is prefposition therewillbeprovided between the upper face of the tray body'and the receivermoutl 'an openinggreater'than one-half of the area of said mouth of thereceiver.

lVith the above objects in'view, aswell' as struction, arrangement andcombination "of parts as now to be fully descr bed and ashereinaftertobespecifically clalmed, it oemg untray and receiver in'which thefeatures of the ,derstood that the disclosure herein is merelyillustrative of the principles. of theinventio'n; and meant in no way ina limiting sense, changes in details of construction andfan' rangementof parts being permissible solo-11g aswithin the scope of the appendedclaims. In the accompanying drawing forming a part of thespecificationev g Fig. 1 is a front elevationalview of an ash inventionare incorporated, disclosing the tray in closed position;

'Figp-2 is' aside or end elevation, showing thetrayclosedy 7 Fig. '3 isan enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken as on line3-3 in Fig 1,disclosring, in dotted lines, the tray in closed position, and'infulllines, thetray as when rotated to open position and removedvfrom thereceiver; I

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View, taken as on line H in 3,detailing the complemental means for mounting the tray in the receiver;and- V Fig. 5 is'an enlargedfragmentary sectio'nal View, agreeing withthe disclosure of Fig. ;3, but disclosing a modified form ofcomplemental meansffor mounting the tray in the receiver, saidtray-being illustrated, in full lines, in closed position, and in dottedlines, in open position and partially removed from the receiver. g

With respect to the drawing and the 'nu 'merals of reference indicatedthereon, 10 de-' notes the receiver and 11 represents the tray of thenovel device of the invention.

The receiver 10' as disclosed'consists'ofa base 12, parallel front andrear walls-13, par

allelside or end walls 14, said walls 13 and 14 being 'perpendicular tothe base 1-2, and an erably situated, or the receiver canbe'of any otherconvenient box-like construction". a

' The ash tray '11 andits manner of associat-ioirwith the receiver isbest-disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4. In said figures, the tray is disclosedas of gener al'curvilinear shape to fit within'the mouth 1 5 of'thereceiver; Itincludes a -body having asmoothly curved por-' tion 17adapted to lie withinthe upper, open I I an inwardly extending pin oraxisZO sup.

end or mouth 15 of the receiver contiguous with the front and rear walls13 when the tray is in closed position; side or end walls 18 upon saidsmoothlyrcurved portion 17 adapted to lie within said mouth contiguouswith or adjacent to the side or end walls 14: of the receiver; and afinger piece 19 upon said smoothly: curvedg portion adapted to} be;positioned "at the rearof and above the receiver when the tray isclosed. See-Figs;

2 and 4 and the et eehliaetray is; E sr-,,? Asdisclosed, each side orend wall 1 L has In the instance of all 'of the, figures], the side'iend w ll -18 r- 18" eet el easemay have sockets or slots, represented'21and; 21', re

ispee ively, extend ngto d eaot aidsi lel r d Walls ap ed; ei reel veith Pine. e esgt s. wi l f l te 2 am th tedte extendh rize allyi or atright angles to the front andrear walls fthe r ceiv r, W en hetrar-is incl se i etiea um ral: 2 5" epr senting ez la 'e egl mu l-sett ed, eekteerleta As will be clear nomrige, the,so.ckets,;

a letefll ere ituated ed etedeb iqtely f the at antl tear wait-ea thereiri l lcse lnee -ti nh lehl l h eea stie he tempt the enwith he eiv eaid they sl ret ve itionedaz hevel h'er eeiver e9 thetl hezee hr a e1 ef lier 2L 1 the l aeer' heyz h enen. downwardly about in parallelrelation to.-,the;

e .w-tvll of he 5 eeei ei: nd are. i a enment th th Pinsror rea. 29, aeihe a l, ine; tray 13 illustrated ;in-F1g.-3-.;

. v het ays, he lowered vertically (see, the; dotted trayin Fig. 5 until:thetbases .o f;tl 1e;. soclets -or slots tnpen; hiep s r area 29w hetray isnow sembled;hate-i112 ts; idth pee p s ti na; o se the ay, h fger P ee s: neat? ung; ewnwai'idhu f om l tr oward; igt e a gs-fitfi anch, 1 love; the r y a m i e' pins or ages QQ-as pivots: 7 The;arrangement. -sueli h when s idifi ge pie i soiswung downwardly for a;sufiicientdistance, the *forward edge 23 of the tray; engages the; innerface of the: forward {wall f-the receiver at al location somewha beneaththe outh of thereceiver and; the rearward face of} the greari 7 ar-d;:part 2 hf i theL mo th n urv din tian ieerwa l et he e i era hev heerad er r h g-fi hel ek t 17 comes into contact with the inner face ofthe rearward wall of the receiver adjacent its upper, open end. See thedotted line tray of Fig. 3 and the full line tray of Fig. 5. To removethe tray from the receiver, the operations as described are reversed.

It will be evident that neither the tray of Figs. 1;; to .tgIlOfi thetray t -"Fig, 5 when in closedpositi'on can be removed fromthe re-:ceiver until first swung to open position, so thetithe trey; h hr leetlia t liable to come accidentally displaced from the receiver byshocksimparted to an automotive vehicle having the tray and receiver. Atthe same time, the tray can be very easily removed from the receiver,when this is the intention, by first rotating'said tray upon thecomplemental pivotal means ofgthe tray and receiverto thefopen positionof the tray,

The tray of Figs; 1 to 4; is not liable to e om e e tel y otat d ie p nposi io and,thrown from the receiver by abounding automotive vehicle forthe reason that when said tray of Figs. 1 to l is closed, the bulkof'the weight of the tray is at the side of' thetray axes tending-toinsure that the closed peei iel fth trey isi nerm lfpe ti no,

make morecertain thatthe tray of either form of'the invention when'inclosed posis tion will not i become accidentally displaced the n e ii -e.9 n h ghted; s. l be apparent. Or the fit of the lower face of therearward 'pa-rtoftl e'smoothly curvedportion 17' of the tray against therearward Wall of the receiver at the location of the receivermoutli canbe a tightfit, Thefitwillbe a re; silient one' whenfeitherthe tray orthe receiver is composedjof resilient material, V

In the instanceof both forms of the invention, it will be'ohvious thatwhen the tray is swung-to wide open positionlthere willbe providedbetween theupper faceofthe tray bodyvand' the receiver mouth an openinggreater than one half of the.area offsaid mouth of the receiver, 3

Attention'is called to the fact that'the ,ash containing portion ofthe'tray does not becomer'emovedfrom the receiver during its normal use, andtherefore, the tray, ofjFig. 5

' needs no pstandingrside or end walls.

Wha l'e a ie In com nat n, a ee iv r a n n pr r p n d;v and. an. sh r ya te torotatably fit in said upper open endf of the receiver,saidtrayand receiver having cooperating pivotal means for thetray,ar

'rang c at the pp itel i l f he ray nd receiver, adapted to pcrmitrotationof said tray upon said receiver between. a, closedpositionand-anopen position, and said cop at ng-P v l m ans den e i P rit: removal of the tray from the receiver only when the tray; isin open-position. V

2-; In c mb nati n, an ash r ei e h ng; en pp r, n al h tend en eehtmydapted to fit in said upper, open end of the receiver and having endwalls lying next to the receiver walls adjacent the open end of thereceiver, said. ash tray being adapted to cover said upper, open end ofthe receiver in smoke-tight fashion, and'cooperating pivotal meansforsaid tray, arranged in the end walls of the tray and in opposite sidesof the receiver, said co-operating pivotal means adapted to permitswinging movement of said tray upon said receiver between a closed andan open position, and said co-operating piv- ,otalmeans ada ted topermit removal of said an, upper, open end, an ash trayhaving a smoothlycurved portion adapted to fit in said upper, open-end of the receiverand end walls extending at right-angles to said smoothly curved portionlying next to and in contact with and parallel to the receiver wallswithin the receiver adjacent the open end thereof,

tering said slots and pivotally mounting-the tray for movement betweenan open and'a closed position. 1

8. In combination, an ash receiver having anopen upper end, an ash traydisposed in said open end, flan es on said tray within said receiver,said anges having openings, pins extending inwardly from the walls 01said receiver, said pins entering said openings in the flanges andpivotally mounting the tray. I

9. The combination as in claim 4 wherein the slot. is disposed at anangle of ninety degrees to the opening when the tray is in open positionwhereby to permit withdrawal of the tray from the receiver when the trayis in open position.

10. A device as in claim 5 wherein the pin and slot connection is soarranged as to permit withdrawal of the tray from the receiver when thetray is in open position.

Signed at'Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State ofConnecticut, this 30th day of November, A. D., 1927.

SEVANUS D. LOCKE.

complemental means uponsaid end walls of the tray and said parallelreceiver walls adapted to permit rotation of said tray upon the receiverbetween a closedposition and an open position and adapted to permitremoval of said tray from the receiver only when the tray is in openposition, and a finger piece upon said tray and extending outwardlybeyond the upper, open end of the'receiver.

4. In combination, an ash receiver having an opening, an ash trayclosing said opening,

a pin and slot connection between said tray 7 and receiver whereby thetray is pivotally movable between open and closed positions relative tothe receiver, the slot of said pin and slot connection extending at anangle other than ninety degrees to the surface of said opening when thetray is in receiver closing position whereby to prevent casualdisplacement of the tray.

5. In combination, an ash receiver having an open end, an ash traynormally closing said open end, a pin and slot connection between saidtray and receiver, and said. pin and slot so disposed as to preventremoval of the tray from the receiver while'the tray.

is in receiver closing position.

6. In combination, an ash receiver having an openend, an ash traynormally closing said open end, means pivotally and removably mountingsaid tray on said receiver, said means preventing removal of the trayfrom the receiver while the tray is in receiver closing position.

7. In combination, an ash receiver having anelon'gated mouth opening, anash tray disposed in said mouth opening, flanges on the ends of saidtray, each of said flanges having a slot, pins extending inwardly fromthe end walls of 831d receiver, said pins en- IOL lit)

